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Title: J Dilla – Ruff Draft
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2003, Hip Hop, Instrumental Hip Hop, Detroit, Michigan
Matrix #: N/A
Condition: NM

Cultural Facts:

1. Legal Trouble: Sample clearance and publishing complications shadowed his work for years, leaving parts of his catalog stuck or unreleased.

2. Studio Lore: Treated like a sketchbook drop—short, direct, and self-contained—released while his career was shifting from Detroit roots into a wider indie world.

3. Family Ties: His health declined soon after; he died in 2006 at 32, and his mother “Ma Dukes” became central in protecting the legacy.

2/25/26 LM